About Linear

Linear is an issue tracking and project management tool that combines UI elegance with world-class performance.

Parent and sub-issues

• Break larger tasks into smaller issues.

Automated backlog

• Linear will auto-close and auto-archive issues.

Custom workflows

• Define unique issue states for each team.

Filters and custom views

• See only what’s relevant for you.

Discussion

• Collaborate on issues without losing context.

Issue templates

• Guide your team to write effective issues.

About Sifter

Sifter was built to keep the tasks of bug and issue tracking simple.

PROJECT DASHBOARD

Quickly get an overview of all projects and dive in for a deeper look. Designed so that you can easily identify the projects that need your attention.

• Quickly dive into projects.
• Get an overview of which projects need attention.
• Shortcuts to different views for yours, unassigned, and everyone’s issues that are open or resolved.

MILESTONE DASHBOARD

Milestones are a big part of Sifter. Break projects down into due dates and keep track of the overall progress towards each milestone.

• Status bars help you quickly gauge the progress for different batches of issues.
• Issue counts provide insight and shortcuts to the most pressing issues.

ISSUE LISTING

Filter, sort, and group your issues so you only have to see the work you need to do right now.

• Simple but powerful filtering lets you focus on you need to work on right now.
• Sifter automatically remembers how your issues were filtered and always brings you back just the way you left it.
• Easily create and bookmark lists of filtered lists of issues.

BOARD VIEW

View issues as cards in the Board View for a Kanban workflow.

• Drag and drop issues to change their status and details
• Group issues with filters while maintaining their order within a column
• If you want to go full-on Kanban, you can set limits on the number of issues within a column¹
• ¹Limiting work in progress helps teams maintain optimal work pace, reveal blockers, prevent multitasking, and deliver value faster.

ISSUE DETAILS

The issue detail gives you all of the data about an issue in an easily digestible format, and as the page grows longer with comments, the issue’s current attribute details scroll with you.

• Easily create links between related issues.
• Audit trails ensure you always know who did what when.

NEW ISSUE FORM

Create issues quickly and easily without superfluous fields or data.

• Short and to the point.
• One Assignee. No passing the buck.
• Use attachments for clarification.

CUSTOM STATUSES

Customize your statuses to create your team’s ideal workflow.

• Set default statuses for your entire organization
• Override organization statuses for specific projects

FULL TEXT SEARCH

Need to find an issue? Sifter has full-text search and will look at the subject, description, and even the comments when you need to find an issue.

DAILY SUMMARY EMAILS

Automatically receive a daily summary of the previous day’s activity every morning.

CREATE & UPDATE ISSUES VIA EMAIL

Sifter loves email. You can send plain text or add attachments. And Sifter’s smart about recognizing signature files so your issues won’t be flooded with corporate logos and other signature cruft.

• Reassign, update the status, or just add some comments.
• HTML Email notifications are easy to read, scan, and use.
• View attachments directly from email notifications.